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Over the Rhine (also occasionally referred to as OtR) is a Cincinnati, Ohio-based musical band, the current core of which is the husband-and-wife team of bassist/pianist/guitarist Linford Detweiler and vocalist/guitarist Karin Bergquist. Originally a quartet with guitarist Ric Hordinski and drummer Brian Kelley, Over the Rhine is now solely the married-duo of Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist with “hired guns” on albums and tours. Linford and Karin were not married at the foundation of the band. The band’s namesake and place of origin is the Cincinnati neighborhood Over-the-Rhine. Karin attended school in Barnesville, Ohio and graduated from Barnesville High School in 1984. She then went to Malone College, located in Canton, Ohio, where she met Linford. They have both toured and recorded in many shapes and forms. Over the years, the band has opened for a number of musicians, including Bob Dylan, and toured as “adjunct” members of Cowboy Junkies.

Formed in the spring of 1989, Over the Rhine released independently their first album, Till We Have Faces, in 1991. Paste Magazine granted its first five-star reviews to Over the Rhine’s 2003 double album Ohio, released on Virgin Records’ Back Porch Records label. Over the Rhine’s studio album, Drunkard’s Prayer, was released on March 29, 2005, and a limited edition live album titled Live from Nowhere, Volume One was released in April 2006.

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1	Latter Days full track	148
3	Trouble	110
4	Entertaining Thoughts free download	101
5	Ohio full track	100
6	Suitcase full track	93
7	All I Need Is Everything full track	77
7	I Want You to Be My Love full track	77
9	Spark full track	75
10	If a Song Could Be President free download	72
10	I'm On A Roll	72
12	Jesus In New Orleans full track	67
13	Nothing Is Innocent	65
14	Drunkard's Prayer full track	62
15	The world can wait full track	59

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lori1122 wrote:
16 hours ago

love'm

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diamondgrrl wrote:
last month

Jesus in New Orleans FTW. And that's coming from someone who thinks the whole Jesus line is bunk, so, there you go. =)

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Snorting wrote:
last month

The voice of Karin Bergquist seems like of that sweet-soul female singers.It's even better than a crying of Amy Winehouse.Hahah :)

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CreamCat wrote:
last month

"The Seahorse" is very nice <3

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silverlage wrote:
May 2009

so, so, surprised that Mazzy Stardoesn't show up as a similar artist.

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NOISECORE_21 wrote:
May 2009

spark!!

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agacinco wrote:
April 2009

oh cute

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agacinco wrote:
April 2009

one million hooray

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tjrtpdud wrote:
April 2009

i can listen to them all day long

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grrtano wrote:
March 2009

what a cool way to discover music haha i love finding old cd's in my parents collection and finding amazingness or complete oddness :P i need to see this band live

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Squiddles wrote:
March 2009

Over the Rhine > life. :D

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sashko007 wrote:
March 2009

there's lots of stuff I'd like to listen to, but I will never know about it. I completely accidentally found "The Trumpet Child" CD left by someone under the seat in a car I rented. Enjoyed it a lot during a long ride. Need to listen to some more of your music. Perhaps, I'll even go to look at you when you come here in June.

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featherhull wrote:
March 2009

long lost brother....my favorite!!!

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speakslow wrote:
March 2009

yes!! otr almost has 1,000,000 plays!

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meld0n wrote:
February 2009

Must see on April 2 in Grand Rapids.

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Reikon wrote:
January 2009

Happy To Be So is my favorite thus far. Great band!

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grrtano wrote:
January 2009

dont wait for tom :] should definitley be in top 15 trumpet child best release

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ravennote wrote:
December 2008

Darlin'(Christmas is Coming) is very good.

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hedlheidl wrote:
November 2008

I'm kind of old, so I've known about OTR since about 1992. I really like the old, old old stuff. I haven't bought any of their CD's since 1996. The really early songs are great. I'm from Cincinnati-ish, and they are revered as gods in their homeland. Seriously, it's a type of fanaticism. If I could give a shout out, though, it would be for the Cincinnati local music scene. There's lots of good stuff here in addition to OTR.

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jorgeraffin wrote:
October 2008

glad i've found it it's nice

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